{"id":12,"date":"2026-10-08T18:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ulstersociety.com\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-10-08T18:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:52:14","slug":"sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ulstersociety.com\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"Sources &#038; Editorial Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Material factual claims should be traceable to their supporting evidence. References identify the author or issuing body, title, date, relevant pages and an original link where available.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Evidence and interpretation<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original documents, personal accounts, later research and editorial interpretation are identified separately. A historical source can establish what was said or believed without proving every assertion it contains.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publication entries<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Catalogue records describe the edition examined. Reviews explain the publication in original words and distinguish an author\u2019s argument from independently established facts. Quotations are selected for a specific purpose and retain their attribution and page references.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reproduction and access<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The presence of a publication in this catalogue does not mean that its full text is available here. Full editions and third-party images require an established basis for reproduction. Catalogue descriptions, access links and any authorised digital editions are labelled separately.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reference collections<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cain.ulster.ac.uk\/\">CAIN (Ulster University)<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/\">The National Archives<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niassembly.gov.uk\/\">Northern Ireland Assembly<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nidirect.gov.uk\/proni\">PRONI<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">External links are provided as reference points, not as claims of affiliation, endorsement or permission to reproduce their collections.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Corrections<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Substantive corrections should be dated and explained in the entry concerned. Unresolved questions should be identified rather than filled with assumptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Material factual claims should be traceable to their supporting evidence. References identify the author or issuing body, title, date, relevant pages and an original link where available. Evidence and interpretation Original documents, personal accounts, later research and editorial interpretation are identified separately. A historical source can establish what was said or believed without proving every [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulstersociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulstersociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulstersociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulstersociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulstersociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ulstersociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17,"href":"https:\/\/ulstersociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulstersociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}